If you are looking to celebrate “Spring Festival," look no further than Canton.
Time to break out your lanterns, red clothing and best nian gao recipe—Chinese New Year begins on Sunday, Feb. 10. Due to the track of the new moon, the 2013 Chinese New Year begins on Feb. 10. The holiday is celebrated at the start of the first month of the Chinese calendar, which also uses lunar and solar calendar systems. The Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival (marking the end of winter and welcoming the spring), is the most important social and economic holiday in China, according to History.com. It is a time to honor household and heavenly deities and ancestors, and to bring together family for feasting. On the fifth day of the Chinese New Year, businesses often light firecrackers in the belief it will bring prosperity and good …
Welcoming in The Year of the Hare at the Canton Public Library.
It is not too late to celebrate the New Year. Canton resident and Taiwan native Li-Chun Han presented a lesson on the cultural theme of the Chinese New Year at the Canton Public Library Saturday. Han has been a Chinese language teacher for many years and had over a dozen children from Canton engaged in the hands-on activities, including arts and crafts and storytelling. The Chinese New Year began on February 3, 2011, explained Han. However, it is celebrated in Asian cultures for 15 days. There is still plenty of time to learn about this fun-filled and ancient cultural event. Every year, the Chinese New Year begins on a different date. This is because, unlike the Western calendar, the Chinese calendar is lunar, and based on the phases of …
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